West Bengal Politics Desk | July 15, 2026
West Bengal Congress has invited Trinamool Congress chief and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to attend the party’s July 21 Martyrs’ Day programme in Kolkata, but the invitation has come with a striking political condition.
State Congress president Subhankar Sarkar said Banerjee would be welcome at the programme if she publicly acknowledged that leaving the Congress nearly three decades ago was a “mistake”.
The unusual invitation has triggered fresh political discussion in West Bengal, particularly at a time when relations between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress remain under close scrutiny.
Mamata Banerjee left the Congress and later founded the Trinamool Congress, dramatically reshaping Bengal’s political landscape. The Congress leadership’s latest remarks have now brought that historic political split back into the spotlight.
With the July 21 programme approaching, political observers will be watching closely for any response from Banerjee or the Trinamool Congress.
POLITICS | WEST BENGAL | KOLKATA
